Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-06

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Interesting Nstes Ahsut suA1ssts
wAIsA are Astrustisg Atsention
aua Being Diseased.
Saserstitions peopis are diaoulsins
the rseens tour q the President and
sav the krnth Of tie assersioa that q j.
unlusky 10 starf On ! iouFnty on FRI
iay he's resolved notable oonnrmaiion-
A ksssimist uouId have httle trouble IN
srneinq & series Of misfortanes which
helsl TIE Prsaidant snd his party Oar
Inc the entire iFip. President Ueve-
land had no mors than eompleted bis
niehs ioarney through Oaio. e rnia-
foxtune to him 10 miss seeing what he
might have sesn in shat great stsas),
when the discovery vaa made that the
chief source Of information, aside FROM
aDan,n fsom whioh be derived informal
ti0n for his speeches vas a cycle
pslia. Enough has been said aboui
this % make almost any man guilty Of
plagiarism to wish he had nsvaf been
born. He cams very nearly getting
into compiisalion with Ohie2go work
lpQmen over tbs laying Of q corner
stoaa. He dsdnst lay the stone, but :
Is unlunky for any man that
his onVironuent shonid be s1eh as 30
prevent his participation IN Bach an In
fareatinQ event. As Minneapolis he ran
foul or q young aud silly editor who
wrote q aouFrslous attack, which has re-
ceived the unanimous condemnation Of
the press Of the country. In 81. Louis
hhe sudden death OF Judge Eilet, az the
Presidents side almost, cast q gloom
over the exercises and, as II misfoEtuBes
never come 8inRly, bsfore the parade
vas concluded an enthusiastic mufin-
woman dexteronGly threw q hot PAN
sOuao one tried 70 wreck the presidential
train. DuFiBg bic trip through the
South, the cheers with which be was
greeted vas almost blended with the
equally enthusiastic cheers which arose
a6sut Jea Davis, Who received an oga-
tion wherever he went. S1ch associa-
tons may have ksen agreeable TO Mr..
Cleveland, but some psople think diff
ferently. Than the pagers haven's yet
gotten done talking about the expeass
sf she trip and Who paid the bill. Alto
RetheK she Journey furnished tAe papers
ammuniIion for an entire campaign.
Mr.. Cleveland should have started q
day, at leaet, earlier.
si
An ingenious fellow In New York has
hQared L cat that the Thistle IL faster
than the Volunteer, and that she sailed
faster durinR the races for the cup. Ae-
cordina 20 bis calculations the Voiun-
tesr 10 her beat TO windWard and 70.
turn sailed s. 8 miles. while the
Thistle sailed IS As miles 10 making
the same course, end By adjusting the
recorded time, he flnds the Thistle is
IS seconds per mile faster than the
Volunteer. Ia other words had The
Thistle sailed the same course tFayersed
by the Volunteer she would have been
she winner. As Il Is, however, she
Thistle is down.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, about which very little Is heard
nov a-daya, will remain In Washington
until January 1. The appropriation Of
800, 600 for IFS flrst years work has all
besn expended, and not half the nsoes-
aaFy work has been done. The Com
mission Were very anxious 70 20 TO CALI
f0Fnia this fall 90 hear sone important
ear7s, bal could not 60 on account Of
the expense involved. The Commission
has ten clerks now, bot has pressing
need for ffty. An appropriation OF
400. 900 will be aske for the work Of
The next fiscal ye =. Il is whispered
With some res0nance and reverbeFanoe
Ii dramatic circles that the Intef-Stste
OommeFoe Law Is being quietly knocked
10 flinders BY the e1ents Of q big truck
line. and that special rates may be OBJ
taIned By manager with pull for
almost any tour west. The facts ara
NOT easy TO Get hold Of, bat there Is an
African OF titanic and hercniean pro-
portions somewhere in tbs fence.
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Il Ia curious how much miainformA-
tlon exists as 10 tbs proper title of fhe
President of the United States, asys the
Nav York Sna. At Mr.. Cleveland's 70
oeption In Philadelphia, be was I'D
dressed By various persons as sir.
President, "Yonr Honor " Your High
ness,n "Your Exeellsncg," General"
aGoyernor,n aud aSheriif.n The funk
ery and nummsry With which the arts
tocratie FedsraliBts Of old would have
surrounded the Office o. President were
happily avoided BY the wise makers Of
the Consultations; but there plenty Of
people Who, some from ignoFancs and
few from instructive anobbishness, IN
sist upon addressing tue President Of
the United States with titles Whioh do
not belong to him. The proper title is
simply "Mr. President" and not any Of
the other titles above given, or "0Id
boy" the title an enthusiastic PhiiadsI
phian empIoyed, TO which the President
replied with my dear fellow"
We have q story, says the PhiIadel.
phia STAR that editor Murat, OF Oinoin
nati; Ohauncey IL. Dspsw, OF New
York, and Senator Eugene Hale are the
custOdians Of lettaF addressed to thsm
jointly by Mr.. Blaine, asking them Il,
after consultation With aoeftain number
Of the leading Republicans Of esah
Skate, u would be wise for him 10 again
allow himself 10 be nominated for the
Presidency. With this letter, the story
goes, Mr.. Blaine submitted list Of
about 500 names Of persons be wished
MeasEA Halstsad. Depew. and Hale 90
consult personally on the subject. Ii
viii be remembered that these geutle-
man met Dir. Blaine in Enrope Kscenfiy.
Il Is said further that Mr.. Blaine has
excluded from the list the names Of all
the Republicans who are vel know as
Blaine eongtiers. lie evidently wants
TO Feaeh the opinions Of his party who
are neither bis enemies nor bis blind
admirers.
In the coarse OF q eongersation with
the famous inventor, Edisoa, be replied
30 the question:. AWhat IL 80 BE- the ten
dsncy Of invention durina the nsxl
quarter Of osntaFy7" as follows
The next great invention, think. is
likely to be The tuFninQof coal into mo
tive power without The mediation Of
steam. am nov at work on q machine
called tbs pyFomagnstio dynamo for
this purpose 10 get eleotsieity directly
from coal. Aimoet ell Of our available
energy 10 IN wood aud coal. We Get Il
out at a teFrible waste. As foar-dfths
Of The heat In q fireplace eoes up ths
chimney, and only one 9th 0ut int the |
ReoD where 4 u wanted. 50 about three
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